Spectacular web site called Making the Modern World comes to us from the Science Museum. This learning tool brings you powerful stories about science and invention from the eighteenth century to today. It explains the development and the global spread of modern industrial society and its effects on all our lives. The site expands upon the permanent landmark gallery at the Science Museum.

Doctor Over Time comes to us from NOVA.  If you were sick in 1900, your doctor couldn't do much more than provide comfort. The doctor had a few goodies in his little black bag, but that black bag has grown in the past century! This activity shows how doctors over this century would have handled the same afflictions as doctors from the past.

The name of this "learning tool" is called Ancient Observatories. This incredibly well done web site features two ancient observatories:  Chaco Canyon and the Mayan Chicha Itza. The presentation of both of these observatories is dramatic and well-designed. Well worth the time of your students to get a sense of how other cultures explored the stars and skies. This tool was produced by one of the best science centers in the world, San Francisco's Exploratorium.

In Military Medicine Through Time, students take a tour through military medicine's history and see if they can interpret actual photographs shot on and off the battlefield. This interactive covers 150 years of major conflicts, from the Civil War through the recent war in Iraq.  This “learning tool” comes to us from NOVA.

Technology at Home lets students go back through the twentieth century to find out when everyday items such as computers, radios, TVs, and CD players first appeared in homes. In addition to this activity, students can also explore a section dedicated to various "People and Discoveries."  This site is brought to us by PBS.

Nova is an amazing source of high quality science education material. This featured web site is called Evolution, from the PBS series of the same name. We have linked to the first page of the site.